Fastener.



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PATENTED MAY 22, 1906.

F. R. WHITE.

FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28, 1904.

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UNITED STATES PATET ICE.

PLATT BROTHERS & COMPANY, CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A

FASTENERB Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1906.

Application filed June 28. 1904. Serial No. 214,443.

To (ti/Z whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN R. WHITE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have made and. invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in fasteners, and moreparticularly to the socket member of a ball-and-socket fastener, such asare generally used upon gloves, suspenders, &c., the object of the samebeing to provide a device of this character which shall be simple andcheap to manufacture, easily and readily applied to the fabric ormaterial, and which from its formation shall be sufliciently resilientto receive and retain the solid stud member when the two members areforced or locked together.

With these and other ends in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, as will be hereinafter fully described,and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view 01' the cap-piece andfastening-eyelet prior to being assembled. Fig. 2 is a view of thecap-piece and eyelet after being assembled. Fig. 3 is a plan view of thestud-catch. Fig. 4 is an edge view thereof.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the cap-piece preferablyconsists of two parts-namely, the cap A and collet B-their outer edgesbeing flanged and locked together, said collet being provided with a central opening 0 for the entrance of the fastening-eyelet C. This eyeletis preferably closed at its top or upper end, as shown at 0, its closedend being bent downwardly and inwardly prior to being assembled with thecappiece. The lower end of the shank c of the eyelet is flangedoutwardly, as shown at 0 whereby to clamp the cloth between the same andthe collet B, as illustrated in Fig. 2. Against the lower side of theflange c rests the stud catch or disk D, the outer edge of the latterbeing flanged over and upon the outer edge of the flange c of the eyeletto fasten or look the parts together. This studcatch D is provided witha central opening d, the edge of which is serrated or formed into aplurality of teeth d bent upwardly into the opening in the neck of theeyelet C, whereby a restricted opening or passage for the stud member isformed by a plurality of spring arms or teeth adapted to receive andretain said stud member, which latter may be constructed or formed inthe ordinary way.

In assembling the parts the shank of the eyelet having the stud-catchsecured to the flange thereof is passed through an opening in the clothor fabric E, through the central opening 0 in the collet B, andinto thecappiece, to which it is locked by forcing upwardly the inturned end 0,the result being that the closed end of the eyelet is bulged or flaredoutwardly and over and upon the edge of the opening in the collet, asillustrated in Fig. 2, the cloth or fabric E being securely clampedbetween said collet and the eyeletflange 0 The resiliency of thestud-catch will of course largely depend upon the thickness of the metalfrom which it is formed and also upon the size and number of the springteeth or arms (i the greater the number of teeth the greater theresiliency or elasticity.

The device is exceedingly simple in construction, consists of but fewparts, cheap to manufacture, and which may be easily and readilyassembled.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

An improved socket member of a ball-andsocket fastener, said socketmember consisting of a cap-piece and collet locked together said collethaving a central opening, and an eyelet consisting of two members, one01 said eyelet members having a hollow shank and base-flange and theother eyelet member being of disk form having its edge flanged over thebase-flange of the shank, and having a central opening whose edge isradially slotted to form a series of spring-arms with upwardlyturnedpoints entering but out of contact with the inner wall of the hollowshank, said shank having a closed head which, after insertion into thecollet-opening, is upset and bulged or flared outwardly and over andupon the edge of said collet-opening, all constructed and arranged tooperate, as herein described.

Signed at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, this 4th day of June,-A. D. 1904.

FRANKLIN R. WHITE.

Witnesses:

LEWIS J. HART, INEZ HART.

